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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Overturn the 2020 Election
- Replies: 331
- Views: 78357
Re: Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Overturn the 2020 Election
Most legal commentators seem to fear that Chief Justice Roberts is the swing vote and that he seems inclined to remand this case to the Court of Appeals to more carefully analyze which of Donald Trump's crimes were official acts and which were private acts, and of course Trump will appeal to the Sup...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Overturn the 2020 Election
- Replies: 331
- Views: 78357
Re: Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Overturn the 2020 Election
I think Alito's brain would explode:
Anyway, it sounds like some of the Republican judges are inclined to rule for immunity?
Anyway, it sounds like some of the Republican judges are inclined to rule for immunity?
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:48 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: War between Hamas and Israel
- Replies: 351
- Views: 50433
Re: War between Hamas and Israel
Axios reports : "IDF chief Harzi Helevi and Shin Bet director Ronen Bar secretly visited Cairo on Wednesday for talks with top Egyptian officials about a possible Rafah operation." - - - - - - - - - Meanwhile, the left-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz calls for the U.S. to recognize a Pa...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:36 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Elon's Twitter
- Replies: 455
- Views: 63150
Re: Elon's Twitter
Elon Musk said today that Alex Jones's Twitter account will be reactivated and also streamed a live chat between the two of them plus Andrew Tate (the kickboxer who's been indicted on sex trafficking charges in Romania) and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Edited to add: Michael F...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:07 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Chaos in Congress
- Replies: 613
- Views: 83725
Re: Chaos in Congress
Rep. Donald Payne, Democrat of New Jersey, has died at the age of 65 after being hospitalized following a heart attack earlier this month.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:57 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Charged With 37 counts of Espionage, Obstruction and related crimes
- Replies: 1089
- Views: 121343
Re: Trump Charged With 37 counts of Espionage, Obstruction and related crimes
ABC News has new reporting on how Donald Trump handled classified information as president, based on various sources who apparently have testified in Jack Smith's investigation. Trump has been charged for what he did as a former president, because as president he had an almost unfettered power to re...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:30 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 118841
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
NBC reports that earlier this month, the U.S. provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS ballistic missiles "but did not reveal it publicly for operational security reasons". The missiles were part of a $300 million package that President Biden's administration announced last month. Ukraine h...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:15 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1065
- Views: 118031
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Today in The Daily Beast : "Trump is using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between [from five PACs] to pay lawyers, allowing him to hide who he's actually paying. Experts have real questions whether he can do that." Allison Gill points out (citing a 2022 Washington Post article) that this c...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:05 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
- Replies: 4051
- Views: 552795
Re: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
Mother Jones has obtained audio of Steve Bannon on Oct. 31, 2020 discussing election strategy with Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire on whose yacht Bannon had been arrested earlier that year.... Guo Wengui (real name Ho Wan Kwok), the exiled Chinese billionaire and Steve Bannon's erstwhile...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Roe v Wade has been overturned. How do you feel about that?
- Replies: 1316
- Views: 399570
Re: Roe v Wade has been overturned. How do you feel about that?
The Arizona Republic reports that the state's Republicans today blocked legislation that would have overturned the 1864 law that was upheld yesterday by the state's supreme court and criminalizes almost all abortions. Arizona's House of Representatives voted 32-28 today to repeal the 1864 law. Repu...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
- Replies: 4051
- Views: 552795
Re: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
And going some 1,600 miles south-by-southwest from Michigan: " Arizona grand jury has indicted Trump allies for 2020 election interference " ( Politico ). Donald Trump is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 1." (Ken Chesebro is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 4.") Only some of the ei...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:22 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
- Replies: 4051
- Views: 552795
Re: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
ABC reports today: "Trump, Giuliani, Meadows are unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector case, hearing reveals."Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:35 pm Meanwhile, Michigan attorney general charges 'false electors' over efforts to overturn the 2020 election
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:15 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Overturn the 2020 Election
- Replies: 331
- Views: 78357
Re: Trump Indicted for Conspiring to Overturn the 2020 Election
Busy news day. Rolling Stone reports on how Trump's defense team expects to lose when the Supreme Court eventually rules on his claims of immunity (which hears oral arguments tomorrow) but still feels that they've won by sheer delay: "we already pulled off the heist." And while that has be...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:58 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 222
- Views: 33056
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
Michael Cohen announced today that he won't be posting or saying anything further about Donald Trump publicly until after his testimony.
I think he should wait until after verdict.
I think he should wait until after verdict.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:54 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 118841
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Fox News reports on news from Britain: Ukraine continues to see an international windfall following the passage of a significant U.S. aid package as the U.K. follows suit with a pledge of its single-largest military aid package. "Defending Ukraine against Russia's brutal ambitions is vital for ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:50 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2008
- Views: 292189
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
The conservative-leaning New York Post (and other outlets) are reporting today on good news from President Biden for consumers: " Flyers may soon get a break over canceled flights — including instant refunds — thanks to new Department of Transportation rules ." The article specifically men...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:44 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2008
- Views: 292189
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
The H1N1 bird flu outbreak that has infected cattle in eight U.S. states (plus cats and one human) has revealed some policy flaws: the USDA requires bird flu to be reported when it infects fowl but not when it infects other animals. And in general, there needs to be more coordination between the UDS...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:27 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: War between Hamas and Israel
- Replies: 351
- Views: 50433
Re: War between Hamas and Israel
Edited to add a helpful explanation about how that the official protest is limited to one small part of Columbia's campus. See the pictures at the link. Much of what is being shown on the media is happening on the streets outside of campus. I acknowledge that I may be part of the problem, having po...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1065
- Views: 118031
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Yes, but after a couple weeks in which Biden seemed to be slowly improving, today is rough for him. Besides the polls mentioned above, Pew has Donald Trump leading President Biden nationally 49%-48%, and Quinnipiac, which Biden led in each of the past three months, now has him tied with Trump. In th...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1025
- Views: 118841
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
There's new reporting in Politico on how this package cleared the House: President Biden "directed his senior aides to employ a two-pronged strategy: (1) privately make clear to Speaker Mike Johnson the stakes if Vladimir Putin takes Ukraine, leaning heavily on intelligence, and (2) lay off att...